Truck.



& wavy/WM BY WW 8. J. LARSON.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.B. 1917.

1,288,057, Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

WITNESSES ATTOR N EY SELMER J. LARSON, CF PERLEY, MINNESOTA.

TRUCK.

Substitute for application Serial No. 56,972, filed Uctober 20, 1915.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

This application filed August 8, 1917.

Serial No. 185,182.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SELMER J. LARSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Perley, in the county of Norman and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in trucks.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a truck adapted for sup porting and transporting an automobile or other vehicle, should a wheel or the axle become broken.

A further object of the invention is the construction of a truck of this character which may be adapted to vehicles of different heights.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel details of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more clearly understood from the following description and drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a truck, and

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation thereof.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates an axle having the wheels 2 iournaled thereon. Brace bars 3 are connected to the axles and extend forwardlv therefrom. and have the tongue 4 secured thereto by means of the bolts 5. The tongue 4 is preferably formed of tubing and has a plurality of long tud uallv spaced perforations 6 transversely therein. whereby an extension may be secured t.) the. pole when desired. A vertical opening is formed through the inner end of the pole 4 and s a apted to rece ve a post 7 having a plurality of vertically spaced openings 8 therein. A bolt 9 passes through the braces 33. tongue 4 a d openings 8 whereb the post 7 may be adjusted to various heights.

Straps 10 are secured to the too of the posts 7 and are of the shape shown. wherebv a plate or strip 11 may be secured thereto by means of bolts 12. As is clearly shown in Fig. 2. of the drawings. the plate 11 extends over the top of the post 7 and is connected to each of the straps 10, in order that a sufiicient space is left between the top of the post 7 for receiving an axle or other portions of a vehicle to which the truck is adapted to be secured. The axle or other portion of the vehicle is shown in dottei lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The straps 10 are preferably connected to the post 7 in such a manner that they can swing so as to allow the axle, which is held thereby, to adjust itself to any unevenness in the ground over which the vehicle is drawn.

Having fully described the detailed construction of my invention, it is thought that the advantages and operation will be clearly understood. The truck is especially adapted for garages which often have calls for transporting an automobile, or other vehiole, which has broken a wheel, axle. or other portion thereof. As above described, the axle or other portion of the vehicle is clamped between the plate 11 and top of the post 7 and the pole 4 may be secured to any other port on of the vehicle or to the vehicle which is pulling the one having the broken parts. My truck may also be used in such a manner that the veh cle could be moved by its own power. This could be acco plished by securing the pole 4 to the underside of the vehicle in any suitable manner. It will also be seen that by adjusting the po t 7 my truck is ada ted for use with vehicles of greater or less height and the pole 4 may also be lengthened by using an extension which may be secured by means of bolts passing through the transverse openings 6 in the pole. When it is desired to adjust the post 7, it is only necessary to remove the bolt 9 and then replace it in the desired openings 8 in the post. My truck is of such a size that it may be easily moved from place to place and adjusted to var ous size vehicles.

Having thus fully described my invention what I cla m as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A. truck comprising an axle, wheels mounted on the axle, a tongue secured to the axle, a vertically'adjustable post eonnected a plate extending over the top of the post to the tongue straps pivotally connected to and connected to the right angle extensions. 10

the post to swing transversely of the truck, In testimony whereof I affix my signature said straps each being bent to form a verti: in presence of two witnesses. v

cal portion adapted to engage the side of SELMER J. LARSON. the post, a curved portion extending above Witnesses: u,

the top of the post and aright angle eXten- E. D. ANDERSON,

sion from the top of the curved portion, and INGVALD LARSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 3. G. 

